Partnerism

Shifting towards partnership/positive rhetoric and dismantling underlying violent/domination norms: https://centerforpartnership.org/news-events/turn-20-everyday-phrases-from-negative-to-positive/ The 4 cornerstones is a central theme of Riane's work, in which any form of systems change should address the 4 cornerstones in order to truly evolve our status quo: https://centerforpartnership.org/partnerism-partnership-systems/ This is an informative infographic that highlights all the main components and building blocks of partnerism: https://centerforpartnership.org/news-events/riane-eislers-path-to-partnership-all-on-one-page/

You might also resonate with these subject-specific papers on partnerism in policymaking: https://centerforpartnership.org/resources/white-papers/ I also invite you to look at the "Take Action" tab on the centerforpartnerhip.org website as Be the Change Co-op falls in an intersection of different themes (ex. leadership development + caring economics). One that I think would align best with creating partnership-oriented structures in workspaces and collaborative projects is: https://centerforpartnership.org/take-action/leadership-development/

Citations and recommended sources

Websites

• partnerism.org - Partnerism website
• centerforpartnership.org - Center for Partnership Systems website

Foundational Books

• The Chalice & The Blade: Our History, Our Future (Riane Eisler, 1988) - The most comprehensive explanation of how and why partnership and domination societies were conceptualized and normalized. Its main message is that our social norms frame our reality, but norms can be evolved towards peaceful and prosperous coexistence.
• Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination & Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future (Riane Eisler, 2019)
• The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics (Riane Eisler, 2008)
• The Partnership Way: New Tools for Living and Learning, Healing Our Families, and Our World (A Practical Companion for "the Chalice and the Blade") (Riane Eisler, 1990) - Provides group exercises and activities as well as case studies of groups from different sectors learning about and implementing partnerism.

Further Reading

• Sacred Pleasure: Sex, Myth, and the Politics of the Body – New Paths to Power and Love - An intensive read on politics and inequality throughout written history, ex. institutionalized patriarchy.
• Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future - Research and insight in the neuroscience behind the two social systems of partnership and domination respectively and how they shape our internal and external realities. It addresses the importance of childhood experiences and learning, and our true human instincts of caring and compassion.